Chapter 961: Southern Guizhou Storm
"It's the only way."
Jia Xu sighed and said, to be honest, Jia Xu has now figured out Guo Hao and Chen Xi's way of thinking. This is to take advantage of their early stage initiative and advantage to try to compete for a military god reserve.
Jia Xu admitted that Zhuge Liang was very good, but in his mind, Zhuge Liang should be regarded as a civil servant who replaced Chen Xi, rather than a battlefield general.
To put it bluntly, victory or defeat on the battlefield is often not the most fatal factor. The collapse of an empire begins from within.
Being a prime minister sitting in the central government is what Zhuge Liang should do most.
But then again, Zhuge Liang is very young, and Chen Xi is also very young, so it seems that there is no need to rush everything, and everything can just be transitioned slowly.
Military god reserve and commanding a large army are two different things, and perhaps there is only a fine line between them.
But the former can be said to be a god, while the latter is still within the human realm.
Because generals who are below that level can be defeated by bravery, accidents, fighting spirit, and morale, which can lead to some failures that seem very unreasonable, so much so that it feels like they have become a different person.
The most prominent one is Zhu Jun.
Zhu Jun was very powerful, but he was not at the level of Huangfu Song, so he would be defeated by the Yellow Turbans, who were in high spirits, and would be defeated by the high-spirited Li Jue, because on some levels they were lower than the reserve level of the God of War, and they were all at the same level.
There may be differences in strength, but there is no essential difference, and the ability to resist unexpected events is very poor.
If it were gods like Han Xin and Xiang Yu, they would burn their boats, fight to the death, and sneak through Chencang. They would be able to fight back no matter how unexpected the situation was.
The most outrageous one is Xiang Yu. According to historical records, even when he was surrounded by enemies on all sides and ambushed from ten sides, Xiang Yu fought his way out and even had a chance to return to Jiangdong.
Is it reasonable? Not at all, so these people are gods.
This level itself represents a strategic existence. This level is basically the pearls left behind by the long river of history and the washing of countless sands and stones.
This is why Chen Xi never thought that other unknown military gods would be born in this era, because compared to the success of wise men like Jia Xu, Guo Jia, and Fa Zheng, there is still a little bit of slim hope.
After all, strategic vision and strategy require talent and knowledge. Under the current circumstances, promoting education is likely to unearth some gems hidden in the dust of history.
However, the possibility of an unknown person becoming the commander of a large army has been blocked from the perspective of probability, unless the time is extended to hundreds of years.
Otherwise, how can we justify the immeasurable number of figures from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to the Ming, Qing and Republic of China who have been stripped of all dross and left their mark in history like pearls?
A truly powerful person is capable of remaking the world, truly remaking the world.
Jia Xu didn't understand these, but he was also aware of the difficulty. Although he could achieve a level not far behind Huangfu Song when it came to war game simulations, Jia Xu knew better how big the gap was between war games and reality.
He fought with Huangfu Song on the battlefield, and he might have been defeated in one battle.
Even if he broke the bottom line and fought with Huangfu Song, it wouldn't have much significance.
What's more, there is no point in breaking the bottom line. There is no benefit if you win, and it will be a complete defeat if you lose.
"Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore. Since the war in Beigui has come to an end, then Kong Ming will also start to take action, right? If it drags on, he may be dragged down by the celestial phenomena."
Jia Xu changed the subject and asked.
Guo Hao nodded. After the battle in Beigui came to an end, Zhuge Liang could act without restraint.
After all, although Cao Cao and his men were defeated, they did tie down the northern legions.
What Cao Cao and his men did was to tell Vasudeva I clearly that if you dare to withdraw your troops to support the south, I will continue to attack you at the Khyber Pass and direct my troops towards Peshawar.
You soldiers must stay here and fight me to the death.
You're not going anywhere unless you kill me first.
"Well, General Huang Lao and Fa Xiaozhi have already captured Wenjia. After they liberate the Chola Kingdom, it will be almost time for them to set out to support General Guan. When the time comes, they will join forces and the war will naturally begin." Guo Hao replied casually.
"Liberation?" Jia Xu was stunned. This word is not commonly used.
"When Brahma dies, Galan will be established!" Chen Xi said with a smile.
The Chola Dynasty was a kingdom under the Brahman system. It was a vassal state of the Kushan Empire, but it maintained independence to a certain extent.
After all, this is what the religious system is like: it rules, but not completely. As long as everyone has the same ideas, that is enough.
However, the Brahmins had a very loose management of the small countries under their system, and they turned a blind eye to the destruction of each other's countries. As long as it did not harm the interests of the Brahmins, they could let the countries do whatever they wanted.
However, because the Brahman system is too strange, the countries controlled by the Brahmans actually lack the motivation to expand.
For a long time, they maintained the status of scattered small foreign countries. After all, for these countries, destroying other countries would not change the essence. Those who should pay tribute to the Brahmins still needed to pay tribute to the Brahmins.
The Chola Dynasty is rare, or it can be said to be gifted.
After all, the Brahmin system still has its rationality. If it can really develop steadily for a few hundred years, it might become Nangui's right-hand man.
It has become a typical religious country, on par with Christianity, Islam and the like.
However, they were born at the wrong time. When the Han Dynasty and Kushan went to war, they instantly became cannon fodder.
For the Chola Dynasty, surrender was impossible. They were also clear about the policies of the Han Dynasty. Those in power now were all Kshatriyas and Brahmins. Once the Han Dynasty replaced them, everything would no longer exist.
The Han Dynasty will not tolerate you. Besides, the Han Dynasty has the guarantee of the God Galan. It would be much better to just kill them and replace them with a new group of people to rule.
As for confronting the Han Dynasty, forget it.
On the continent of India, there is no country that can oppose the Brahman system.
So to the Han Dynasty, all of them were garbage, and the Chola Kingdom was just a bigger piece of garbage.
In this era when the Royal Guards are the backbone of the imperial battlefield, the army raised by the Chola Kingdom is still filled with old, weak, and sick people. It is conceivable how low their combat effectiveness is.
Huang Zhong himself didn't even have to take action, as Ma Dai, Ma Tie and a group of second-generation players led their troops and directly defeated the Chola Dynasty.
In other words, the subsequent security problems were a bit of a hassle, otherwise the Chola Dynasty would have been destroyed in just one month, and the speed of its demise was almost the same as the speed of the Han army's advance.
For Ma Dai and others, the fighting power of the Chola Dynasty was not as good as that of the Qiang people. After all, they were facing the high-pressure massacre of the Han Dynasty back then.
Hundreds of thousands of people, hundreds of thousands of deaths, fighting with death is actually not bad.
After all, veterans who have survived hundreds of battles on the battlefield have good combat effectiveness.
Even if they are defeated in all battles, those who survive are all elite.
Even when Dong Zhuo led his cavalry, he had to fight hard before he established his supreme position in Xiliang.
But the Chola Dynasty was different. It had been working hard to govern the country over the years.
The Chola dynasty had begun preparing for war decades ago, until this generation had a reliable ruler, Karikara, who was a very powerful ruler with ability, ambition, and strong execution ability.
In the thousand-year history of the Chola Dynasty, this person can be said to be a shining pearl. According to the official history, it was at this point in time that he conquered the middle and lower reaches of the Ganges.
But the problem is that the Chola Dynasty is full of weaklings, and the strongest legion in the country is the Royal Guards .
It is considered an invincible army that can march sideways in the middle and lower reaches of the Ganges, which also means that this army has hardly ever encountered any tough opponents.
In fact, the overall level has long since fallen to an unknown level. It's okay to fight a favorable war, but it's a joke to deal with the elite army of the Han Dynasty.
Ma Dai led a double-talented Qiang cavalry, killing enemies in blood, and directly attacked the Imperial Guards with double talents. Moreover, the casualties were one for each, with Ma Dai for every two for each Chola Dynasty.
The commander of the Imperial Guard was also shot dead by Ma Dai.
Although Ma Dai is some distance away from Ma Chao's level, he is not someone that anyone can cheat.
The legion commander of the Chola Dynasty, who was obsessed with power and status, was the best stepping stone for Ma Dai.
The legion talent that Ma Dai had been unable to squeeze out at first was quickly sublimated and born after he killed the legion commander.
Bathed in blood, a desperate legion talent, can be regarded as a gift from God to Ma Dai.
Ma Dai's heroic demeanor impressed many low-caste people of the Chola Kingdom. In the subsequent attacks on the Chola Dynasty, many young and strong soldiers spontaneously joined Ma Dai's army.
In the end, Ma Dai actually had an extra 8,000-man army, but their quality was worrying. Even though Ma Dai had conducted some assault training on the battlefield using the cavalry method, their combat effectiveness was appalling. However, there was one thing they did have, and that was they were obedient and listened to Ma Dai.
After all, it was due to congenital deficiencies and the lack of nutritional supplements, so his physical fitness was appallingly poor.
Even though they were trained using most of the techniques used to train the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, their own fragility, which was so frail that it was unbearable to look at, also determined the upper limit of their combat effectiveness.
Just like the Qiang people were conquered by the Western Liang cavalry, these low castes were conquered by Ma Dai, and Ma Dai held the Brahmin certificate canonized by Guan Yu.
Therefore, these low castes had no resistance to joining the Han army under Ma Dai. After all, they were Brahmins, and joining them was no different from joining the army. What's more, the true God stood behind this Brahmin, and he himself had impressed them.
The Chola Dynasty did not completely struggle. They knew that they were no match for the Han Dynasty and wanted to ask the Kushans for help. However, when they arrived there, they found that Wang City had changed hands.
However, the Kushan Navy, which had originally given up hope, sent someone over, and it was none other than Meng Kangbu.
The truth is that there is no one available for land warfare on the Nangui side, otherwise Cecilien would not have sent Montcomb over.
You know, he was under a lot of pressure facing Zhou Yu and Zheng He head-on, so the addition of the Dongwu all-star lineup was not a big problem for him.
The problem was that Sun Jian brought an entire fleet to the battlefield. The two Han fleets themselves were troublesome enough. Although Zhou Yu and Zheng He were slightly inferior to him, they had the advantage of having two people, who pulled and restrained him and made him miserable.
If it weren't for the Brahma fragments that kept him alive, he would have been dragged to death by Zhou Yu and Zheng He.
The addition of another reorganized fleet made Cecilien miserable. Zheng He and Zhou Yu were as slippery as loaches, and everyone except him was just serving them.
So he could only hold on and count down his own life. Once he fell, the Kushan Navy would be completely finished.
Meng Kangbu was the only person under his command who could lead the team independently, repel Sun Jian and share the pressure with him. If the situation was not critical, he would definitely not be willing to transfer Meng Kangbu away.
The main reason was that Cecilien discovered a terrifying fact: Nangui was now blocked. Once the Chola Dynasty fell directly, the Han army would advance by water and land, and it was very likely that their life supply would be cut off directly from the land.
You know, no matter how far the navy sails, supplies are ultimately replenished from land, and they must never give up control of the land.
Of course, Cecilien understood the pressure Rahul was under, so he sent Montcomb to the land, intending to help Rahul from Venga's side.
In this way, even if he suffered heavy losses in the naval war, he would still have logistical supplies.
But if the Southern Kushans were directly taken over by the Han Dynasty, then their Kushan navy would have to break up into small groups and become bandits and pirates.
At that point, it would indeed cause some trouble to the Han Dynasty , but it would also mean that the Kushan Empire was doomed, and what would remain would be endless security wars.
Even if they win locally, their overall strategy will be a complete failure.
Cecilien felt bitter. As a reserve naval god, he had more or less understood the situation.
Just like when the Dayuezhi fled from the grassland, the Xiongnu and the Han Dynasty were enemies they could not afford to provoke.
Especially the Han Dynasty, which completely wiped out the Huns, is now extremely terrifying.
Fortunately, compared to the embarrassment of the Kushans when their King Dayue was killed in a battle with the Huns, they now have a little more strength to resist.
Even the Han Dynasty only suppressed them strategically, and everyone is still evenly matched on the front battlefield.
But Cecilien knew very well that the Han Dynasty should still have spare strength. After all, all their wars took place in their Kushan homeland, and the Han Dynasty's land had not been invaded in the slightest.
Even if the bottles and jars were smashed, the Kushans would suffer the most.
However, he couldn't tell these words to anyone and could only keep them in his heart.
Then pray silently for a miracle to happen.
Montcombe did not understand all this, but he carried out Cecilien's orders.
Just like now, Monkhambu borrowed 140,000 troops from the Chola Dynasty through his own means, and then took 90,000 of them to threaten the small countries on the edge of Mon State, and gathered tens of thousands of troops from these countries.
To be honest, Meng Kangbu was well aware that these people's fighting ability was very poor, but he did not need their fighting ability, but needed them to draw a clear line between themselves and the Han Dynasty.
At least tie these people to the Kushan chariots and kill them first. Even if they cannot cause any harm to the Han Dynasty, it will at least disgust the Han Dynasty.
